Yi Tianyun entered the tower and noticed that it was extremely spacious inside. He could see a vast grassland in the distance and a forest not too far from it. He could also see a huge city as big as a capital city at the centre of the space. But the most intriguing thing that he could see was the rotating ladder that led to the sky and disappeared behind the clouds.
When Yi Tianyun took a step, the sky suddenly shone, and a bright light appeared on his arms. Suddenly, a flame burned on his arms and left a mark that looked like the fire itself! "What is this?" Yi Tianyun asked confusedly to Fan Xuexuan.
"This is the Flame Imprint! In the past, only those who possessed this imprint could come and go inside the Ancient Netherworld Divine Nation. But now, this Flame imprint was used to get past a level. In other words, without this imprint, you won't be able to get to the higher city inside the tower." Fan Xuexuan said solemnly.
"I didn't know the rules could be changed like that!" Yi Tianyun frowned. It wasn't a surprise that such a thing would happen, but it was sad to see such a powerful Ancient Netherworld Divine Nation would fall and be reduced to something like this.
"Well, it is the truth. A long time ago, Ancient Netherworld Divine Nation was the stronger Divine Nation on Ghost World, but as our bloodline diminished over the year, followed by the death of our Tower Master, everything changed for the worse. A group of strong people barged in and began killing the disciple with strong bloodline and took over the tower for themselves!" Fan Xuexuan said with a glimmer of sadness on her face.
Yi Tianyun nodded as he understood the situation at that time. It would be a complete nightmare for the Ancient Netherworld Divine Nation at that time. The death of the tower master made it easier for the enemy to take control over the matter as they could just reconstruct the rules for themselves! It was unfortunate, but it was the right decision from the Ancient Netherworld Divine King's bloodline to flee this tower in the past in order to ensure the survival of Ancient Netherworld Divine King's bloodline!
"Those monsters that drove them out of their own place... Was it the Evil Spirit Race?" Yi Tianyun wondered to himself. It was something that Yi Tianyun suspected as soon as he heard Fan Xuexuan's story because only Evil Spirit Race had the ability to check other's bloodlines and took advantage of it. These people had the ability to take over someone else's bloodline, so gaining access to the tower wasn't something difficult for them to do.
"Wait, Evil Spirit Race? Did you already know about them? I thought no one knew about them! If it weren't for them, our Ancient Netherworld Divine Nation wouldn't fall! They killed our best cultivators and even drove our bloodline away from the tower and took over everything that we have!" Fan Xuexuan said with a furious look on her face.
"Of course, I already knew about them. I can sense that there is a lot of Evil Spirit Race residing in that city in front of us. I never expect the Ancient Netherworld Divine Tower that once served as the best place to protect humankind from the demon has become the Evil Spirit Race territory. This is ironic!" Yi Tianyun frowned. "But it doesn't matter, the Ancient Netherworld Divine Tower is a top grade artefact nonetheless, so it should be impossible for the Evil Spirit Race to fool the Tool Spirit that manages the tower!" Yi Tianyun said casually.
"There is no such thing! The Ancient Netherworld Divine Tower didn't have any Tool Spirit!" Fan Xuexuan said with a frown on his face.
"What? There is no Tool Spirit in this tower? Was it because your ancestor lacked the power to summon the spirit?" Yi Tianyun said with a frown clearer on his face as he couldn't believe what he just heard.
Fan Xuexuan was quiet as she didn't give Yi Tianyun any answer regarding the matter. Now that she thought about it carefully, there was no way a top-notch artifact like Ancient Netherworld Divine Tower wouldn't have any management on its own. Certainly, her ancestor would be the inadequate one that failed to wake the Tool Spirit in the past!
The Tool Spirit wasn't something that you could have attained as soon as a cultivator become the master of the artifact. It was something that had to be awakened by mastering the artifact itself! Since Ancient Netherworld Divine Tower didn't have any Tool Spirit, that meant the previous master of the tower has failed to master the tower.
"So, this is the main reason why the Ancient Netherworld Divine Nation has fallen! The previous master failed to awaken the Tool Spirit and couldn't react to the invasion of Evil Spirit Race in time!" Yi Tianyun said coldly. He was surprised and therefore angry at the Spirit Race that stole the Ancient Netherworld Divine Tower for their own.
"You now know everything about Ancient Netherworld Divine Nation's embarrassing past! I beg of you to help me regain control over Ancient Netherworld Divine Tower! If we succeed, you will be rewarded handsomely!" Fan Xuexuan said sincerely.
"Relax, just believe me, I will purge the tower from Evil Spirit Race soon!" Yi Tianyun said with a smile on his face.
"Are you sure? I am looking for someone I can trust! If you aren't up for the task, you are free to go! I won't force you to fight my fight, but if you keep your promise to hide my real identity, I will be grateful." Fan Xuexuan said lightly. She didn't want to force anyone out of their will, which was why she questioned Yi Tianyun's willingness as it was too quick!
"You are brave, but don't you worry, I don't have any intention to back down! So, tell me everything about the rules in this place so I can decapitate every Evil Spirit Race on this place!" Yi Tianyun said as he grabbed Fan Xuexuan's hands.
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Fan Xuexuan explained the general rules and various aspects of Ancient Netherworld Divine Tower to Yi Tianyun along with the gist of the situation on Ancient Netherworld Divine Nation. Yi Tianyun didn't push for any specific matter regarding the Ancient Netherworld Divine Nation as he knew that it was up to Fan Xuexuan whether or not she'd trust Yi Tianyun later.
"This Flame Imprint turns out to be so useful later!" Yi Tianyun said as he looked at the Flame Imprint on his hand. He got it when he entered the 1st Layer City, and it would be used to challenge the platform later to get access to 2nd Layer City! Yi Tianyun learned that the Ancient Netherworld Divine Nation had this system from the beginning to filter out the 'geniuses' among cultivators.
To reach the 9th Layer City, where the Tower Lord resided, he had to clear the Challenge of the 8th Layer City, where the Elder resided, the 7th Layer City, where the Master resided, and the 6th city, where the Deacon resided. Each city was huge, demonstrating that Ancient Netherworld Divine Tower was really massive in size! It was no laughing matter as Yi Tianyun realised how powerful Ancient Netherworld Divine Nation really was in the past, but he was still not sure how could the Ancient Netherworld Divine Nation have fallen.
Yi Tianyun also learned that the Tower Lord had the power to kill anyone inside the Tower, but he couldn't use it anytime he wanted. Unfortunately, there was no Tower Lord at the moment, so this power was unusable. The strongest cultivator right now inside the Tower would be among the Elders. The election of Tower Lord wasn't so simple as it required layers of assessment before one could be considered a candidate to become a Tower Lord. The key that became the basis of all criteria would be the Pure Bloodline. This key was a major factor that would cause the Evil Spirit Race unable to elect themselves to become the Tower lord as the Evil Spirit Race would never have a pure bloodline.
The highest position that Evil Spirit Race could attain inside the Tower was only Elder Rank, but it was still good enough as they had a lot of power to create various rules inside the Tower. This was where the Flame Imprint came in handy as it was used as a sort of currency inside the Tower. Any cultivator could use their flame imprint to enjoy a lot of resources and even could use it to gain access to Cultivation Room according to the level of their Flame Imprint.
The most noticeable use of this Flame Imprint would be the ability to control the Netherworld's Fire, which couldn't be controlled with any normal means otherwise. The only downside from entering the Ancient Netherworld Divine Tower was the obligation to pay at least 5 Flame Imprints for those who wished to leave.
"Five Flame Imprints? The Evil Spirit Race won't let these people leave if that's the case. The Evil Spirit Race would rather absorb their blood essence for themselves before letting such a good cultivator go!" Yi Tianyun said to himself. This made sense as those who possessed 5 Flame Imprints would already be in 5th Layer City, meaning they were at least a genius cultivator with a good innate ability!
When Yi Tianyun was inside the city, he didn't see anything special as he saw many residents were selling things on the side of the road, like Treasures and Spirit Medicine. The 1st Layer City was a huge place where people grew various Spirit Herbs, and even Demon Beast appeared once in a while. Moreover, the Spiritual Energy inside the Tower was far better than the outside, making it a suitable place to grind cultivation! Even so, there were still quite a number of people at the Spirit Refinement Stage as they couldn't find suitable cultivation that could push their cultivation ahead.
Yi Tianyun also learned that there was barely any cultivator coming in nowadays. The Tower population has been thriving since the Ancient Netherworld Divine King's time, so there was no problem there. Moreover, the cultivator with good evaluation had a chance to obtain a good Heaven Level Martial Arts. As a result, the cultivators inside the Tower were even more hesitant to leave the Tower anyway!
"That propaganda is the reason why these people are reluctant to leave this place. Little did they know that they were just cattle waiting to be butchered once they are mature enough!" Yi Tianyun said as he sighed. He knew that Evil Spirit Race must've been already inside the Tower, and they would be at the Elder Rank right now.
"Now, we have to climb up one layer at a time. Even if there are Elders up there, they shouldn't have absolute control over the Tower. We have to rush up and kill the Elder to become a Tower Lord! Once we do, the Ancient Netherworld Divine Tower should return to what it was supposed to be!" Fan Xuexuan said determinedly.
"Are you already aware that your elder is an Evil Spirit Race?" Yi Tianyun wondered.
"I had my suspicion in the past, but there is no way to really prove it, especially with their cultivation being so high. I can hide my own Bloodline, but it was still tough to do so." Fan Xuexuan explained.
"I understand. Now we must make haste! I don't have much time here!" Yi Tianyun said, and Fan Xuexuan nodded before walking towards the centre of the city. A huge platform was in the centre of the city, and many people were already fighting there. Killing the opponent or throwing them off of the platform would earn you a Flame Imprint. If you were out of Flame Imprint, you no longer had the right to challenge others and had to wait until you got another Flame Imprint.
It wasn't that long after Yi Tianyun walked towards the centre of the city, but the Iron Necklace on his chest began to glow red, meaning that an Evil Spirit Race cultivator was nearby! He looked around and noticed a dozen of cultivators that might be Evil Spirit Race Cultivators on the side. They were just silently watching the participant on the platform instead of joining the fight.
Yi Tianyun immediately jumped onto the platform and challenged one of the Evil Spirit Race to be his opponent. "You, come here and duel me!" Yi Tianyun said confidently. Obviously, Fan Xuexuan was startled by what Yi Tianyun did as she didn't understand why Yi Tianyun decided to make a move right away instead of assessing the situation at hand first!
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